Jacked from nute

[apocalypsos]

Do I believe...

In God? -- Kind of. I tend to think of God as some all-powerful guy/gal/whatever who hangs out and just watches this planet in a constant state of amusement and bewilderment at our behavior. I think if there is a God, he just wants us to treat everyone else with respect and acceptance and is constantly rolling his eyes about the people that can't wrap their brains around that simple concept.

In ghosts? -- Yeah, sure. Dark, lonely places are more interesting that way.

In aliens? -- Yes. I refuse to believe humans are the most intelligent race in the universe.

In Bigfoot? -- I believe in apes. Close enough.

In fairies? -- Uh, yeah. That'd be a no.

In ESP? -- Oh, yeah. Been there, done that, been totally creeped out by it when it happens to me.

In equal rights for gays? -- Damn straight.

In equal rights for women? -- Well, yeah.

In psychics? -- Yup. Again, I've had my moments.

In auras? -- I guess.

In true love? -- No. As a hopeless romantic, I would love to, but in real life, that's just not the way things work.

In happy endings? -- Yes. I believe in sad endings, too ... it just depends on where you end the story.

In abortions? -- Yup. Wouldn't get one myself, but I'm not about to stop anybody from getting one.

In Santa? -- Not in a "jolly fat man" sense, but definitely in a "spirit of the holidays" sense.

In soulmates? -- Not in a romantic sense, but I can believe that there are some people in your lives who are in tune with you on an emotional level.

In magic? -- No, but I can't begin to describe how much I want it to exist. Hell, there's a reason everything I write ends up having a magical twist to it.

In evolution? -- Sure.

In cloning? -- Uh-huh.

In werewolves? -- No, unfortunately.

In vampires? -- Again, an unfortunate no. (I would love for that kind of stuff to be real. Honest.)

In miracles? -- Not really. And I certainly don't believe "every child is a miracle". When you get pregnant, or you get someone else pregnant, that is not a miracle. The conception of your child is only a miracle under the following conditions -- you're a twelve-year-old virgin named Mary, you're one half of a gay couple and Bob just knocked you up, and/or the only uterus you own is in a jar in your closet. (Particularly galling are those women who give birth to sextuplets because of fertility pills and call it a miracle. That doesn't mean it's a miracle, that means the fucking drugs worked.) Okay, rant over.

In Nessie? -- No.

In interracial marriages? -- Hell, yes. Marriage is about love, damn it, not skin color or religion or sexual orientation or any of that crap.

In saving the rainforests? -- Yeah, whatever. As long as I don't have to do it.

In saving dying species? -- Yes, if we're the ones doing the killing. (Which we seem to do on a regular basis as a species. We're like that.)

In recycling? -- Yes.

In plastic surgery? -- Sure, but not for me.

In animal rights? -- Not to be treated cruelly, yes.

We should all become vegetarians? -- God, no. If we'd been meant to be a vegetarian species, we wouldn't be able to eat meat at all. We wouldn't have the teeth for it, we wouldn't have the digestive track to handle it, and we certainly wouldn't hunger for it. Besides, if I have to give up blood-rare steaks to be considered human, I'm joining a pride of lions.


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And also, Captain Asshat needs serious mental help. When he heard about Boobgate today, he started in on his "Madonna is the smartest woman in Hollywood!" rant again. Because of course, the whole thing yesterday was Madonna's fault. *eye roll*

But hey, at least I didn't have to hear about him pouring hundreds of dollars into turning his VW Bug into a race car. Why? Who knows? All I know he's wasting tons of money putting all kinds of fancy race-car parts into a brand of car so tiny and toylike, it'd be easier to just hire a really tall guy to pick it up and roll it backwards a couple of times really, really fast to rev it up.

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[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

Besides, if I have to give up blood-rare steaks to be considered human, I'm joining a pride of lions.

A year and a half ago, I would have said the same thing about cheese (minus the lion thing). In fact, I'm pretty sure I did.

[tree220.livejournal.com]

I thought captain asshat was leaving . . .